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They did fourteen laps of sa‘i for ‘umrah out of ignorance; is their ‘umrah valid?

Question: 137928

My parents went for ‘umrah this year, after dreaming of it for approximately ten years or more. When they went to do sa‘i between as-Safa and al-Marwah, they did 14 laps instead of seven, because they thought that one lap was going from as-Safa to al-Marwah and back again. Is their ‘umrah valid like this or do they have to do it all over again?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

Firstly:

What every
Muslim must do is learn what he needs to know about his religion so that his
belief and worship will be correct. This is what the Prophet (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) instructed his companions to do, during the Hajj
that he performed with the people. He said to them: “Learn from me your
rituals (of Hajj), for I do not know, perhaps I will not perform Hajj again
after this Hajj of mine.” Narrated by Muslim (1297)

An-Nawawi (may
Allah have mercy on him) said:

This is an
instruction, and what is meant is that these things that I have done during
my pilgrimage of words, actions and ways of doing things are how Hajj is to
be done, and they are your rituals, so learn them from me, accept them and
keep them in mind; learn them and teach them to the people.

It was said to
Imam Ahmad: Is seeking knowledge obligatory?

He said: Yes,
about your religion; whatever you need to know, you should learn it.

He also said:

It is obligatory
for him to seek knowledge of whatever will help him to practice his religion
and he should not be negligent concerning it.

He was asked:
Must he learn all the knowledge he needs in order to practice his religion?

He said: He
should learn obligatory matters that he himself is required to do. He has no
choice but to seek knowledge of them.

He was asked:
Such as what?

He said:
Whatever he cannot afford not to know such as prayer, fasting and so on.

Al-Adab ash-Shar‘iyyah
by Ibn Muflih (2/99-100)

Secondly:

As your parents
did more laps due to their ignorance of the ruling, their ‘umrah is valid.
They did the seven laps of sa‘i that are required, and whatever was surplus
to that is not counted and there is no ruling concerning it.

Shaykh Ibn Baaz
(may Allah have mercy on him) was asked:

I did sa‘i
between as-Safa and al-Marwah, but I did each lap on the basis that going
from as-Safa and back to as-Safa was one lap. Do I have to do offer any
compensation for that?

The Shaykh
replied:

This was
something extra that you did. You did fourteen laps when what is required is
seven, so the other seven do not count, because they were contrary to what
is required by Islamic teaching. You are excused because of your ignorance,
but you have to repent to Allah from that, and not do that again if you go
for Hajj or ‘umrah, because you did what was required of seven laps, from
as-Safa to al-Marwah, then from al-Marwah to as-Safa, starting with as-Safa
and ending with al-Marwah, seven laps. End quote.

Majmoo‘
Fataawa Ibn Baaz
(17/341-342)

See: Fataawa
ash-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (22/424)

For a
description of ‘umrah please see the answer to question no.
31819

And Allah knows
best.

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